Security has been stepped up across Saudi Arabia and officials there have vowed to keep cracking down on fundamentalists after suicide bombers killed at least 17 people over the weekend. Fingers are already pointing at Al Qaeda for the attack. In Iraq the death toll among US forces is Iraq rising again. And the Defence Minister Robert Hill, who is in Baghdad, says Australia will play a greater role in training Iraq's armed forces in the future.

Compere: Tony JonesReporter: Norman Hermant

NORMAN HERMANT: For Saudi Arabia's rulers, this is proof of the battle raging in the kingdom.

Islamic fundamentalists have already been blamed for the suicide bombings at this housing compound.

The dead were from predominantly Muslim countries, and included five children.